Showdown expected in Fringe Season 2 Finale

Entertainment Weekly spoke with Fringe director and consulting producer Akiva Goldsman about the Fringe season 2 finale:

William and Walter will finally face off in the finale... These [characters] have so much that they’re bringing to bear. And Leonard and John are two fantastic actors.”

Goldsman also reveals:

We’re going to be looking very closely into Peter’s [Joshua Jackson] identity, Walter’s choices in the past, and Walter’s choices in the future, and by the end of the season, we’re all going over to the other side.

For the rest of the article, head over to EW.com.

Fringe Press Release 214: Jacksonville

TWO WORLDS COLLIDE WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS ON THE WINTER FINALE OF “FRINGE” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, ON FOX 

A Manhattan office building is rattled to its core, leaving only one survivor, and the Fringe Team examines his otherworldly origins. Once Walter surmises that what shook the building was something he discovered many years ago, the team races to Jacksonville to help Olivia reconnect with her past in order to avert what they fear will happen next in the all-new “Jacksonville” winter finale episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, Feb. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-214)

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles;Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth

Guest Cast: Jim True-Frost as Ted Pratchett; Ryan McDonald as Brandon; Sarah Edmondson as Pauline Hess

February 4th 'Winter Finale' Will Contain Huge Cliff-Hanger

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Apparently next week's edition, January 24-30, contains a huge spoilerish article by Damian Holbrook entitled "Fringe Gets Even Freakier."

In the article, executive producers Jeff Pinkner(love him) and Joel Wyman spill some beans about the upcoming episode set to air February 4th, which has been dubbed the 'Winter Finale.' Why? Because after that episode there will be a gruesome 7 week hiatus until the new episodes return again on April 1st. But let's get back to the Winter Finale.

According to Pinkner something happens that prompts the Fringe gang to head to Florida to investigate a case that gets more intense and more 'life-altering' as the hour goes on.

Pinkner adds more: "An event happens and our team realizes that something even worse is going to take place. The only way to identify what and where it's going to happen is if they can trigger Olivia's ability to recognize things from the other side."

Wow! So apparently one of the aftermaths of Olivia's Cortexiphan exposures is she can spot visitors from the AU like the hippie lady in "Momentum Deferred." Hmm, I smell trouble ahead.

According to the article this ability 'has gone dormant,' hence the team traveling to her roots in Jacksonville, Florida to try to turn it back on. Apparently being there stirs up memories and emotions for Olivia, some not so pretty, as you can imagine.

Joel Wyman states,"as a consequence of the testing , she became emotionally pyrokinetic and her ability to see beoynd this realm shut down out of fear."

So, you do the math. If she gets her ability to see people from the AU back, she'll see that her colleague doesn't fit.

In the article Torv says,"It's tough because she doesn't understand. Walter has some hard-core explaining to do!"

If you've been thinking as I have that Walter's Peter-snatching may be the root of the 'war between the worlds' and the terrible blight-state in the AU, according to this article we may be thinking in the right direction.

The article ends with a nice little teaser by Wyman: "One could think that Peter's arrival over here initiated these bad feelings and the state of what is going on over there. The episode we come back with(in April) will answer all of these questions."

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Fringe Press Release 213: The Bishop Revival

A LETHAL TOXIN UNCOVERS A SKELETON IN THE BISHOP FAMILY’S CLOSET  ON AN ALL-NEW “FRINGE” THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, ON FOX

When a specific group of guests at a wedding in Brookline, MA, suffocate from the inside out, the upsetting and disconcerting crime scene has the Fringe team investigating how the toxin was delivered and targeted. As evidence is taken into the lab, it’s discovered that the wedding ceremony was a testing ground for a weaponized science experiment. Adding to the intense lab investigation, Walter uncovers an alarming formula that reveals a link to a branch on the Bishop family tree. With the escalating threat of more deadly attacks and unexpected familial ties to the case, the Fringe team stops at nothing to prevent further catastrophic events in the all-new “The Bishop Revival” episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, Jan. 28 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-213)

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles;Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth

Guest Cast: Craig Robert Young as Alfred Hoffman; Max Train as Eric Franko; Sierra Pitkin as Jordan; Alberta Mayne as Young Mother; Brendon Zub as David Staller; Aaron Brooks as Josh Staller; Nancy Linari as Eliza Staller; Leonard Tenisci as Harry Staller; Dan Joffre as Detective Manning; Barbara Kottmeier as Shelley; John Macintyre as Young Usher; Lauren Attadia as Amanda; Al Miro as Neal; Magda Harout as Nana Staller

Fringe Press Release 212: What Lies Below

PETER AND OLIVIA BECOME SUSCEPTIBLE TO A LIFE-THREATENING VIRUS ON AN ALL-NEW “FRINGE” THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, ON FOX


When a man enters an office in Boston for a meeting, he becomes disoriented and collapses, only to have his veins erupt and spray blood everywhere. Shortly after Olivia and Peter arrive at the scene to investigate the bizarre case, it’s discovered that a lethal virus – with deep ties to something very valuable – is spreading, so the CDC moves in to quarantine the building and eradicate the pathogens. Isolated inside with the rest of the exposed office employees, Peter and Olivia face life-threatening circumstances, sending Walter, Broyles and Astrid on a frantic search for a solution to save them in the all-new “What Lies Below” episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, Jan. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-212) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth

Fringe Press Release 211: Johari Window

THE FRINGE TEAM PURSUES LEADS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL TOWN COVER-UP ON AN ALL-NEW “FRINGE” THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, ON FOX

Following an unexplained attack involving disfigured humans, the Fringe team visits Edina City, a small town in upstate New York to uncover leads surrounding the bizarre case. When it’s determined that these disfigured people have managed to hide themselves for a while and they’ll do just about anything to keep it that way, the investigation takes an unexpected turn in the all-new “Johari Window” episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, Jan. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-211) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth

Guest Cast: Liam James as Teddy Falls; Laura Mennell as Rose Falls; Martin Cummings as Joe Falls; J.J. Makaro as Deputy Bill; Michael O’Neill as Sheriff Velchik; David Orth as Trooper Pekarski; Jacob Blair as Trooper Jerry; Teach Grant as Trooper Bobby; Kwesi Ameyaw as Agent Frug; Sean Rogerson as Glen Brown

Fringe Press Release 121: Unearthed

GIRL WITH UNEXPECTED TIES TO A MISSING SOLDIER

REQUIRES SOME FRINGE INTERVENTION

ON A SPECIAL UNEARTHED EPISODE FROM SEASON ONE OF “FRINGE”

AIRING FOR FIRST TIME MONDAY, JANUARY 11, ON FOX

After a teenage girl is pronounced brain dead, her mother takes her off life support, but when doctors operate quickly to remove her organs, the deceased girl shockingly awakens screaming an alphanumeric code. Equally as perplexing as her resurrection is that she is now somehow able to speak Russian and possesses classified information only a high-ranking soldier would know. While the girl’s mind-bending condition intensifies, Walter dusts off some old lab videos and hypothesizes the unthinkable, sending Olivia and Peter to investigate the bewildering case in an original “Unearthed” episode of FRINGE – and here’s another mystery: is it an unaired episode from Season One or is it from an alternate universe? – airing Monday, Jan. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (FR-121) (TV-14 L, V)

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis; Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth

Fringe Promo Photos 210: Grey Matters

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Fringe Press Release 210: Grey Matters

DR. WALTER BISHOP’S BRAININESS TAKES ON NEW MEANING AND WILLIAM BELL RETURNS ON AN ALL-NEW “FRINGE” THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, ON FOX

A Fringe investigation is triggered when a patient at a mental institution undergoes an impromptu brain surgery that unexpectedly leaves his brain exposed. Despite the unthinkable circumstances, the patient’s condition and sanity miraculously improves before the Fringe team arrives. While Agent Dunham and Peter scan surveillance tapes (and Walter enjoys his pudding), Olivia recognizes a familiar face as Thomas Jerome Newton (guest star Sebastian Roche), the leader of the “shape-shifters.” As similar cases stack up, the Fringe team heads back to the lab to determine exactly how patients are being cured. Walter’s brains are put to the test and William Bell (guest star Leonard Nimoy) resurfaces in the all-new “Grey Matters” episode of FRINGE airing Thursday, Dec. 10 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Cast: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham; Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop; John Noble as Walter Bishop; Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles; Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis; Blair Brown as Nina Sharp; Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth

Guest Cast: Leonard Nimoy as William Bell; Sebastian Roche as Thomas Jerome Newton; Roger Cross as Smith.

TV Guide Scans

SpoilerTV has scans of this week's TV Guide, which has an interview with Jeff Pinkner discussing upcoming episodes.